Revised Version 1895

Job 1:6-12

6Nowוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961there was adayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117when thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935topresentלְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בle.hit.ya.TzevH3320themselvesH3320beforeעַל־'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andSatanהַשָּׂטָ֖ןha.sa.TanH7854cameוַיָּב֥וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935also among them.

7And theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068saidH559untoSatanהַשָּׂטָ֖ןha.sa.TanH7854, Whence comest thou? ThenSatanהַשָּׂטָ֤ןha.sa.TanH7854answeredH559theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, andsaidH559, FromgoingH1980to andfroH1980in theearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and fromwalkingH1980upתָּבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935anddownH1980in it.

8And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoSatanהַשָּׂטָ֔ןha.sa.TanH7854, Hast thou considered myservantעַבְדִּ֣י'av.DiH5650Jobאִיּ֑וֹב'i.YovH347? for there isnoneאֵ֤ין'einH369like him in theearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, aperfectתָּ֧םtamH8535and an uptightmanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376, one that fearethGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430, and eschewethevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451.

9ThenSatanהַשָּׂטָ֛ןha.sa.TanH7854answeredH559theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, andsaidH559, DothJobאִיּ֖וֹב'i.YovH347fearיָרֵ֥אya.Re'H3372Godאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430for nought?

10Hastnotהֲלֹֽא־ha.lo'-H3808thoumadeH4639anhedgeשַׂ֣כְתָּSakh.taH7753aboutH5439him, andaboutH5439hishouseבֵּית֛וֹbei.ToH1004, andaboutH5439allH3605that he hath, oneveryH3605sideH5439? thou hastblessedבֵּרַ֔כְתָּbe.Rakh.taH1288theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֤הma.'a.SehH4639of hishandsיָדָיו֙ya.DavH3027, and his substance isincreasedפָּרַ֥ץpa.RatzH6555in thelandבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

11ButputH7971forthH7971thinehandיָֽדְךָ֔ya.de.KhaH3027nowנָ֣אna'H4994, andtouchוְגַ֖עve.Ga'H5060allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thyfaceפָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440.

12And theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoSatanהַשָּׂטָ֗ןha.sa.TanH7854,Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009,allכָל־khol-H3605that he hath is in thypowerH3027;onlyרַ֣קrakH7535uponH413himselfH3027putH7971notאַל־'al-H408forthH3318thinehandH3027.SoH7971Satanהַשָּׂטָ֔ןha.sa.TanH7854wentH3318forthH3318from thepresenceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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